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Lenny Kravitz

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Running The Numbers: The Four-Disc, 73-Track Bob Dylan Covers Comp With Miley, Ke$ha, Lenny, And Many Others

    ​Today Amnesty International releases Chimes Of Freedom, a really, really huge compilation of bob Dylan covers by artists both canonized and obscure. Trying to analyze such a huge undertaking can only be done in one way: Mathematically. Amount of music in this collection: 73 songs on four CD ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    This New Lenny Kravitz Song Is Completely OK Until Drake Horns In On It

    via BillboardThree people who have never been in my kitchen. ​When I hear the name "Lenny Kravitz" I instantly think his retro grabs, songs that are at their best expertly crafted and can flow seamlessly into the hits from its era, or at their worst something that sounds like a lazy rock trope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Live: Vanessa Paradis Charms Tourists And Fashion Week Lifers Alike At Town Hall

    You don't have to understand her to get her. Pic by Stacey.​Vanessa Paradis Town Hall Wednesday, Feb 16 Better than: Passing out in a nightclub with Kate Moss. So, it's Fashion Week again, as you may have observed from your safer vantage point of flat shoes and carbohydrates. Every season, t ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2011

    Lissie

    You don't have to understand her to get her. Pic by Stacey.​Vanessa Paradis Town Hall Wednesday, Feb 16 Better than: Passing out in a nightclub with Kate Moss. So, it's Fashion Week again, as you may have observed from your safer vantage point of flat shoes and carbohydrates. Every season, t ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2010

    My Morning Jacket

    You don't have to understand her to get her. Pic by Stacey.​Vanessa Paradis Town Hall Wednesday, Feb 16 Better than: Passing out in a nightclub with Kate Moss. So, it's Fashion Week again, as you may have observed from your safer vantage point of flat shoes and carbohydrates. Every season, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Fashion Week: M.I.A. Checks Out Alexander Wang's Construction-Worker Chic; Kim Kardashian and Jessica Szohr Sit Front Row at Jill Stuart; Prabal Gurung Wows Us With Color

    David WentworthM.I.A., Ryan McGinley, Lenny Kravitz​ An enormous balloon sculpture hovered over the stage at Alexander Wang's show at Pier 94. Was it supposed to be a cloud? An alien spacecraft? A giant water raft? Whatever it was, there was certainly enough hot air in the room to send it into ... More >>

  • Film

    September 1, 2010

    Clear Blue Tuesday Strips 9/11 of Any Cultural/Political Meaning

    David WentworthM.I.A., Ryan McGinley, Lenny Kravitz​ An enormous balloon sculpture hovered over the stage at Alexander Wang's show at Pier 94. Was it supposed to be a cloud? An alien spacecraft? A giant water raft? Whatever it was, there was certainly enough hot air in the room to send it into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Are Black Jews in New York Really All That Surprising?

    ​In some parts, actually: yeah. Take Crown Heights, for example, where the African-American and Orthodox Jewish communities rioted against each other only less than two decades ago. The New York Times pointed out the seemingly surprising crossover in Crown Heights specifically as a Black Ortho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Jay-Z's Ten Most Shameful Rock and Roll Moments

    ​Yesterday, it was announced that Jay-Z would be joining U2 on the band's five-date tour of Australia come November. It makes sense: in addition to commingling at the top of the Forbes 2010 Music Earners List, Jay-Z and U2 have performed together before--more than once, in fact. (Never forget ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Will & Jada Cause Pandemonium at Fences

    ​The Broadway revival of Fences is star-studded enough, thank you, due to performances by Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. But last night, the celeb wattage increased significantly when Will and Jada Smith walked into the audience.

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Tonight! Hope! Kylie! Lenny! Doug!

    I loved Built to Spill in college -- most of my mixtapes might as well have been "Kicked It in the Sun" on a loop for 90 minutes -- but drifted a bit upon my initial stumble into "adulthood," finding the band's gruff, hirsute, meat-and-potatoes-and-then-more-meat indie-guitar jams a bit staid and ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2009

    Lenny Kravitz

    I loved Built to Spill in college -- most of my mixtapes might as well have been "Kicked It in the Sun" on a loop for 90 minutes -- but drifted a bit upon my initial stumble into "adulthood," finding the band's gruff, hirsute, meat-and-potatoes-and-then-more-meat indie-guitar jams a bit staid and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Film of Popular YA Novel Push to Premiere at Sundance

    Back when we were tutoring kids in Brooklyn, the gritty urban novel Push by Harlem teacher and poet Sapphire was in a surprising number of bookbags. We learned that the book about an abused teenager was considered a good way to introduce city youths to literature, and a sufficiently popular reading ... More >>

  • Music

    November 5, 2008

    Labelle Update Their Sound on Back to Now, But Not Too Much

    Back when we were tutoring kids in Brooklyn, the gritty urban novel Push by Harlem teacher and poet Sapphire was in a surprising number of bookbags. We learned that the book about an abused teenager was considered a good way to introduce city youths to literature, and a sufficiently popular reading ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2008

    D-I-V-O-R-C-E: The Sordid Celeb Splits of Christie Brinkley, Alex Rodriguez

    Back when we were tutoring kids in Brooklyn, the gritty urban novel Push by Harlem teacher and poet Sapphire was in a surprising number of bookbags. We learned that the book about an abused teenager was considered a good way to introduce city youths to literature, and a sufficiently popular reading ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2008

    Fuck a Blog: Alicia Keys on Dick Clark

    Back when we were tutoring kids in Brooklyn, the gritty urban novel Push by Harlem teacher and poet Sapphire was in a surprising number of bookbags. We learned that the book about an abused teenager was considered a good way to introduce city youths to literature, and a sufficiently popular reading ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    In This Week's Voice: Pink Naked, Lou Reed in Tie-Dye, Bryan Adams Alive

    Back when we were tutoring kids in Brooklyn, the gritty urban novel Push by Harlem teacher and poet Sapphire was in a surprising number of bookbags. We learned that the book about an abused teenager was considered a good way to introduce city youths to literature, and a sufficiently popular reading ... More >>

  • Music

    September 18, 2007

    Goin' Home, Eventually

    The tour-bus evolution of Trombone Shorty

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    July 9, 2007

    NBC's Live Earth Special: A Running Diary

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    August 2, 2005

    One Sound

    Swede garagers produced so loud that you can't hear them

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    January 18, 2005

    Do Not Recycle

    The most stylish magazine photography of 2004

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    November 30, 2004

    Screen Gems

    The year in TV: Another season, a smattering of reasons for tuning in amid all the mediocrity

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    October 12, 2004

    Do-Gooders Do Good

    The most commendable political compilation of a watershed year for official liberalism

  • Columns

    December 16, 2003

    NY Mirror

    The most commendable political compilation of a watershed year for official liberalism

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    November 11, 2003

    Heads Kicked in Tonight

    They can't sing, they ain't pretty, and their legs are thin

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    October 21, 2003

    Prey for Gina

    They can't sing, they ain't pretty, and their legs are thin

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    October 22, 2002

    NY Mirror

    They can't sing, they ain't pretty, and their legs are thin

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    September 10, 2002

    Race Against Time

    They can't sing, they ain't pretty, and their legs are thin

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    July 30, 2002

    No Jagged Edges

    Neo-Soul Men Take the Emery Board to Their Heroes

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    June 18, 2002

    Crash Into Me

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    June 11, 2002

    The Cheery Orchard

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    May 28, 2002

    Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

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    April 9, 2002

    Everyone Hates Miss Popular

    Lower East Side Shopping

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    September 25, 2001

    How Life Isn’t Anymore

    Lower East Side Shopping

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    August 21, 2001

    The Human Gaza Strip

    Lower East Side Shopping

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    May 1, 2001

    Labels and Labeling

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

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    March 6, 2001

    Boy Toys

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

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    January 16, 2001

    Dub for Dummies

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

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    December 5, 2000

    If '60s Were '90s

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

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    September 19, 2000

    Music

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

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    January 25, 2000

    Prophecy Fulfilled

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

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    January 18, 2000

    The Artists Formerly Known as Each Other (Almost)

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

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    November 23, 1999

    Turkey Shoot

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

  • Music

    September 14, 1999

    White Lines (Do It)

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

  • Long Island Voice

    August 31, 1999

    Funk and Spunk

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

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    August 17, 1999

    Really Gone, Man

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

  • Music

    June 8, 1999

    Story of Junk

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

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    April 6, 1999

    Pyramid Scheme

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

  • Music

    February 23, 1999

    Here Be Dragons

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

  • Columns

    November 10, 1998

    NY Mirror

    ''Most high-minded of all was Madonna, a spiritual lady who wears her heart on her jewel-encrusted sari sleeve.''

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